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My apologies! There is an error in the previous message sent. (I appear to be a month behind...) Please register by *June 7th!!* for the 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization!! > 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization > > June 15 - 16, 2012 > Milwaukee, WI > > Save $30 by registering online by June 7th! > REGISTER NOW: *http://sois.uwm.edu/ioethics* > > **Information organization (IO) faces many ethical challenges which > demand our attention. The IO literature raises ethical issues > concerning the role of national and international IO standards, > provision of appropriate subject access, deprofessionalization of IO > work, education of IO professionals, and the effects of globalization. > These issues, and others like them, have serious implications for > quality and equity in information access. The University of > Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies and its Information > Organization Research Group and Center for Information Policy Research > are joined by Milwaukee Public Library, Marquette University Raynor > Memorial Libraries and UWM Libraries in presenting this conference to > address the ethics of information organization. > > Presentations will address the ethics of a wide range of topics: > . Classification theory > . Indigenous knowledge organization > . Consultants' attitudes toward and corporate roles in cataloging > . Metadata standards and practices > . Archival representation > . Addressing the shortcoming of subject access > . Representations of marginalized groups and topics > . Catalogers' objectives and responsibilities > . Concepts for education and research > . Where we are now > . and more > > INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: > > *Just Classifications > *Jens-Erik Mai | University of Toronto > > *Eliminate, Abandon, Dismantle: Cataloging in Library Consultant Reports > *Tina Gross| St. Cloud State University > > *Changing the Stories We Tell: The Research Ethics of Indigenous Métissage > *Ann Doyle| University of British Columbia > > *From Mishmash to Mash-up: Objectives, Ethics, and Practice in Cataloging > *Daniel CannCasciato | Central Washington Brooks Library > > *Ethics in Information Organization: Visualizing Extension, Monitoring > Shifting Intention > *Richard Smiraglia**| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > > /Complete list of speakers and conference program is available on the > conference website: /***http://sois.uwm.edu/ioethics*// > <http://sois.uwm.edu/ioethics> > > /Note: //Register now and save $30! //The reduced online registration > rate will expire on June 7th. > After June 7th only on-site registration will be accepted. / > // <http://sois.uwm.edu/ioethics>// > > > FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM CONTACT: > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> | Ph: 414-229-4707 | > http://www.uwm.edu/sois >